SOME BENEFITS OF RECITING TASMIYAH:
`BISMILLAH-IR-RAHMAN-IR-RAHIM'
The person who makes it a
habit to recite the Tasmiyah in the beginning of every legitimate Allah grants
him much more than he expects. Such a man rules over the hearts of other
fellow-beings. If the Tasmiyah is
recited forty one times in the ear of a mad and insane person, it helps the person
to recover from the insanity quickly. The recitation of the Tasmiyah fifty
times guards against the cruelty of the ruler. If the Tasmiyah is written 21
times and that paper is put around the neck of the child will not get
frightened in sleep. If a person writes the Tasmiyah 101 times and buries the
paper farm or garden, it will enhance the productivity. If a person happens to
be in great difficulty, he should sit with the Qur'an and complete the reading
of the Qur'an by reciting only Bismallah. This r will help him get rid of that
trouble very soon.
The first Caliph, Hazrat Abu
Bakr Siddique (radi Allahu anho) narrated that there is a magnificent edict of Prophet
(sallallaho alaihi wasallam) that an individual Muslim who recites the
`Tasmiyah' once, Almighty Allah credits his record of deeds with ten thousand
virtuous deeds, obliterates ten thousand of his sins and elevates his position
by ten thousand grades. (Anis-ul-Waezeen).
Hazrat Mas'ud (radi Allahu
anho) has narrated that the Prophet (sallallaho alaihi wasallam) that the
person who recites the Tasmiyah once would be recompensed with four thousand
goodnesses, remittance of four thousand of his sins and elevation of his
position by four thousand grades for each letter of the Tasmiyah recited.
(Nuzhatul-Majalis)
RECITING TASMIYAH ON COMMENCEMENT OF TRAVEL
It is stated in
Tafseer-e-Naimi that an individual who recites ‘Bismillah’ and `Alhamdu-lillah'
while riding an animal would be credited in the celestial records of his deeds
with the recompense of one virtuous deed for each step the animal takes. It is
also stated in Tafseer-e-Naimi that the person who recites 'Bismillah' and
`Alhamdu-lillah' while getting into a boat would have countless goodnesses that
would be entered into his celestial record of deeds as long as he keeps riding
the boat. Here it is presumed that one would get the same reward for reciting
the above on getting onto the modern modes of transport.
RECITING TASMIYAH BEFORE EATING AND AT OTHER
INSTANCES
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radi
Allahu anho) said that once the Satan assigned to a Muslim and the one assigned
to a disbeliever met together. The Satan of the infidel was pretty fat, well
dressed and his head besmeared with mustered oil while the Satan of the Muslim
was lean, with dishevelled hair on his head and no clothes on his body. The
Satan assigned to the infidel asked the Satan assigned to the Muslim as to his
condition. He replied, "I am assigned to such a pious man who recites
‘Bismillah’ while starting to take his meals. Therefore, I have to remain
hungry. Also when he consumes any drinks, he starts drinking by reciting
`Bismillah'. Due to this reason I have to remain thirsty. While besmearing his
head with oil, he carries out recital of `Bismillah' and due to that I have my
hair dishevelled. At the time of putting on his clothes too he recites
`Bismillah' and as consequence to that I remain nude. The Satan of the infidel
said that he is assigned to such a person who does not recite `Bismillah'
before doing anything and, therefore, shares his eating, drinking and all other
activities. (Mawahibul-la-Dunniya)
Hazrat Jabir (radi Allahu
anho) narrated that Prophet (sallallaho alaihi wasallam) stated that if anyone
does not say `Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim', while taking food, the Devil says
to his followers that they have got food without any trouble.
In another Hadith narrated
by Hazrat Huzaifa bin Yaman (radi Allahu anho) Prophet Mohammad (sallallaho
alaihi wasallam) said that the food, on which the name of Allah is not recited,
is easily devoured by the devil. (Muslim Sharif).
Hazrat Ayesha (radi Allahu
anha) narrated that once the Prophet (sallallaho alaihi wasallam) was dining
with the Companions. A villager came and also joined in and in two morsels
finished all the food.
On seeing this, the Prophet
(sallallaho alaihi wasallam) said that if the villager joined in by saying
‘Bismillah’, the food would
have sufficed for all of them. (Abu Daud)
Edited by Sister Nafisa